I am not joking, I liked Mass Effect 1 much better than Mass Effect 2. The story was better, the (story) missions were in general of much better quality, I enjoyed the skill system better, the combat system was also much better (due to non regenerating health, more skills, etc). In Mass Effect 2, the skill system is too restrictive, the combat has been dumbed down drastically making it more of just run and gun, and the story was fairly weak IMO. I am not saying that it is a bad game by any means, it just isn't as good as the first one.
